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Another Mot

Discussion in 'D16 Desmosedici RR' started by Robarano, Aug 20, 2019.

  1. In for a service today and MOT. I'm in an MOT-ing frenzy this week. :)

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    200 miles since the last one, so back off. :innocent:

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  2. Nice - but how do you account for 2017 - 18 :thinkingface:
     
  3. The current year supersedes all previous years and no questions will be taken on the matter. :no_mouth:
     
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  4. That's a thing of beauty!!! Shame the desmo is blocking a full view! o_O
     
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  5. I know, but I had to get it out for the service and MOT. :( Such a shame.
     
  6. Well ya can put the desmo back in its corner now.. get some proper riding in!!! :upyeah::upyeah:
     
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  7. What's the mileage on the scoot-ped thang :thinkingface:
     
  8. Oh you got a fire extinguisher. I'd better get one of those. Good thinking batman
     
  9. Just clicked onto 30,000km yesterday. :) I bought it new in 2011 and mainly just use it for work, although I have done a few Euro trips on it.

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  10. I think you can pick them up for about £20 in Aldi / Lidl etc. It just depends when they have them in.
     
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  11. Apart from the usual piss taking, it does look like a fun machine and well used :upyeah: I always liked the old Vespa's and Lambretta's with the side covers removed (to increase speed of course)
     
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  12. :innocent: I'm just messing....stunning bike and a smidge jealous!
     
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  13. When I was in Andorra couple of months ago, this scooter was one of many bikes dotted around the hotel foyers...
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  14. I think robbo just painted it red because he has ducati's, it's actually a big cannister of air to blow the dust off the bikes :D
     
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  15. You just need multiple bikes and multiple girlfriends - you can't ruin the one you might marry :p
     
  16. DUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:
     
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  17. 6 hours in the garage decontaminating dust. That was close. o_O

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  18. The Desmosedici came in 2 versions
    • Team version - White stripes on the fairing, plain red seat unit
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    • Rosso version - Plain red fairing, white number board on the tail unit.
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    Both are identical apart from the clothes and all the exhausts exit on top of the tail unit. There were approx. 1/2 the number of Rosso versions made to Team versions. It was just personal preference as to what the customer ordered. There were 1500 numbered bikes with a headstock plaque matching the frame and I think, engine numbers.

    The "different" exhaust is the GP07 kit which comes with a new belly pan, seat unit with plain white number board, filter, ECU and full titanium exhaust system. The kit is approx. £7k. Visually the exhausts exit from the RHS belly pan and horizontally out of the rear of the tail unit.

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    Kits were hard to obtain and some bikes ended up with a Rosso belly pan on a Team version bike, meaning they didn't have the lower stripe on the belly pan

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    Here's mine with the GP07 exhaust and my tail unit which I had pin striped to look a lot neater.

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    Oh, the hugger is a £400 option too. Tight wads. :mad:
     
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  19. Oh, another thing. Perceived wisdom is to go for a bike with a headstock number >1000 as they had some engine mods completed at the factory on the valve train. :upyeah:
     
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